The McKinleys - Sweet & Tender Romance

The fab McKinleys, sisters Sheila and Jeanette, from Edinburgh, appear here on RSG!, with their terrific '64 version of the Carter-Lewis song "Sweet & Tender Romance". Sheila is on the left, Jeanette on the right. Sheila recalls the show's attempt at that 'split-screen' effect: "We were on either side of the studio and couldn't see each other - hysterical!" The girls issued four great 45s spanning '64 and '65, the first of which is held in high esteem by fans of the girl-group sound: the classic "Someone Cares For Me". Later in the 60s, they moved to Germany and had more releases as the McKinlay Sisters, sung in German. Sheila also had several solo German 45s. She eventually became a long-standing member of the Les Humphries Singers, whilst Jeanette became half of the duo Windows, who had a No. 1 hit in Germany with "How Do You Do". Sheila is married to Liverpool legend Howie Casey.

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• McKinleys
• Girl-group
• Sixties
• Spectropop
• Spector
• Carter-Lewis

[0PERAT0RPLEASE]

Do you have more from the same RSG show?

[ianc7uk]

@0PERAT0RPLEASE Sorry no, just this clip.

[barryrue]

What about the totally fab 'That Lonely Feeling'. That's the same duo no. An LP track?

[ianc7uk]

@barryrue Yep, the very same. "That Lonely Feeling" was the flipside of "Sweet & Tender Romance" - you can get it on the CD "Dream Babes Vol.4: Go Girl"

[georgio717]

would bet my last penny this was out in 1963, early summer, says 1964 but somone has it wrong, unless it was released twice.

[ianc7uk]

This was their 3rd single - the first one, "Someone Cares For Me", didn't appear til March '64.  The second, "When He Comes Along" was issued in June the same year, and this one followed in Nov '64. Then there was a gap of six months until the final EMI single, "Give Him My Love" from May '65.

[Khultan]

I still think it's ♪♪♪♪♪♪

[haynamarshall]

Jimmy Page doing the guitar solo <3

[kyleronson1]

THAT GUITAR SOLO!!! Good GOD that is wonderful

[peterlinie3]

Not a bad rendition. Can anyone upload the Carter-Lewis version, which is a little more powerful? Came out on Oriole, as I recall.

[U2onTV]

The Bangles just covered this song and do a good job with it.

[MrTomcat1963]

Guitar solo courtesy of one Jimmy Page ;) !!!!!!

[Sprintex]

Great finding this on here, Sheila and Jeanette are my fiancee Clare's aunties!! :oD

[Khultan]

Another new find and I am loving this!!!: )